“Silver? It means nothing here; you might as well finish last.”Canada won zero gold medals when the Olympics were in Montreal in 1976. China plans to do a little better. It's poured millions into training and facilities, especially in high medal sports like rowing and track and field.-Igor Grinko, Head Coach, Team China Rowing
Here's a pretty good article from today's New York Times about the Chinese rowing team.
Here's another about Liu Xiang, the reigning Men's 110m Hurdles gold medalist, a favourite to repeat in Beijing, and one of China's biggest sports stars.
All in all, it's probably an understatement to say that there is a lot of pressure on Olympic athletes in China.
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I can totally understand the "silver is as good as last" mentality. Have you seen how much gold has been going for lately? Melt that baby down and pawn it!
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